OPR after Week Three Events

[JB]

Originally Posted by Alpha Beta

Moral to the Story... If you are not going to pick up the extra discs in auto please practice a wing location so that you are compatible with those that will. (We are developing an extra disc wing autonomous just in case we are paired with a 7 disc center partner too.)

This is so true. One of the worst things a coach has to do this year is talk to a team who can only shoot three in autonomous and they need the center back of the pyramid to start.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by jb1403

This is so true. One of the worst things a coach has to do this year is talk to a team who can only shoot three in autonomous and they need the center back of the pyramid to start.

Here's a thought:

Put a trim pot on your bot. Read it with an analog input. Use that value to trim your autonomous shooter speed.

You can easily make tweaks between matches in the heat of competition. No software changes or uploads.

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by Ether

Here's a thought:

Put a trim pot on your bot. Read it with an analog input. Use that value to trim your autonomous shooter speed.

You can easily make tweaks between matches in the heat of competition. No software changes or uploads.

Good idea.

If you're worried about a trim pot getting bumped and screwing you up, you can put a very simple text file on the cRIO to adjust your speed. You can change the text file and FTP it to the cRIO in about 10 seconds. We call it our "fudge file" (as in the fudge factor to adjust or speed/angle/etc.). If anyone wants an example of how to do this in LabVIEW, let me know and I'll either post it here or e-mail it to you.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Chris Hibner

..."fudge file"...

Yet another option:

If you have 3 free buttons on the operator console, you can use them to adjust values in the fudge file. Use button1 to cycle through the available fudge values in the file to select the one you want to adjust. Use button2 to bump the selected value up. Button3 to bump the selected value down. No need to connect a development computer.